"That's a cost to that community organisation or to that social group," he said.

"It's also a cost to the department whereby they have to process, that work time could be better spent actually concentrating on that higher end where we do have the problems."

"This is aimed at community groups, very small live music clubs, in the agricultural regions to sell alcohol at a farmers' market, so it actually applies to small, low risk groups, so I think it's common sense."